From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Petition from the citizens of Yazoo County, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, asking Ames to leave the murder case of Morgan and Hilliard to the courts.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Ames Collection. Letter from Board of Trustees of the State Hospital in Natchez, Mississippi to Mississippi Governor Adelbert Ames, report detailing the closing of the State Hospital at Natchez, Mississippi.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter written by W. B. Ogden on behalf of Mary Camps to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, writing to Alcorn asking him to spare the life of her son's convicted murderer and commute his sentence to life imprisonment. She pleads with Alcorn, stating that Solomon Pitts, the accused, is an "uneducated" person and not able to appreciate his actions.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from S. S. Calhoun to P. B. Starke, making a inquiry concerning a request for a pardon of an African American man named Robert Brown, who was sent to the Mississippi State Penitentiary while Stark was a district attorney. Calhoun notes that Brown is considered to be a good candidate for executive clemency and is of good character as told by everyone who knows him. Calhoun goes on to say that Brown had allegedly killed another African American man who seduced either Brown's sister or niece, with whom Brown was squabbling. However, this evidence was not presented to the jury during trial. Calhoun makes a plea to have Brown released from prison.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Report from P. B. Starke, Thos. W. Stinger, and T. J. Mitchell, members of a committee appointed to assess the affairs of the Mississippi State Penitentiary, to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, containing the results of the committee's investigation into the condition of the penitentiary - including plantations leased by the penitentiary where some convicted persons, mostly African Americans, are made to perform labor - and its inmates. There are several pages of information concerning some inmates needing medical attention, some inmates whom the committee believed were improperly convicted, and recommended pardons or commutations of sentences. Appended are additional "special reports" concerning particular cases and persons.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from Thomas Palmer to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, asking for the consideration of the Governor to appoint Palmer's son to the position of assistant physician at the asylum.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Legislative document from Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn to the Senate and the House of Representatives, addressing the legislature with instructions for setting up the State's Judicial Districts and courts.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Report from Doctor George S. C. Hussey, a surgeon at the state hospital at Natchez, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, giving a status report on the condition of the Natchez State Hospital.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Catalog entitled "Catalogue of the Library of the State of Mississippi" listing the holdings of the Mississippi State Library as of January 1865. The catalog contains alphabetized lists of legal reports from various states, elementary and miscellaneous law texts, legal codes, governmental documents from the United States and the individual states, and historical and literary texts. (This document is the enclosed catalog mentioned in mdah_768-950-05-05).

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Requisition from E. Smith, superintendent of the State Asylum at Vicksburg, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, requesting funding needed for the asylum.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Letter from William Compton, superintendent of the Mississippi State Lunatic Asylum, to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, stating that Dennis Alrick, a prisoner in the Mississippi State Penitentiary who was transferred to the asylum, has suffered mental anguish due to his conviction and Compton has offered clemency as a mode of treatment. Compton requests a pardon for Alrick from Governor Alcorn. Enclosed is a copy, by Compton, of a letter from physician T. J. Mitchell certifying that, in Mitchell's opinion, Alrick is "insane".

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Mississippi Attorney General T. J. Wharton at Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning county sheriffs who are in default on the collection of taxes.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Alcorn Collection. Copy of a letter from Z. A. Philips, superintendent of the Mississippi State Penitentiary, to Mississippi Governor James L. Alcorn, noting the receipt of Dennis Alrick into the state asylum and requesting a pardon for Alrick on the charge of grand larceny due to his inability to control his own actions. Included is a statement from T. J. Mitchell, physician in charge of the penitentiary, certifying that in Mitchell's opinion Alrick was "mentally deranged" when sent to the asylum.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Robert Kells, superintendent of the Mississippi State Lunatic Asylum, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning Kells' efforts to obtain a pass to go to Vicksburg, Mississippi, to obtain supplies.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from William Merrill, superintendent of the Mississippi Institution for the Blind in Jackson, Mississippi, to to John Duncan, John W. Robinson, and A. Virden, the Institution's trustees, giving a "short report" on the school. The report contains a list of students, information on the school's financial condition and its impact on students, and Merrill's request that a law be enacted limiting admission to people aged eight to seventeen. Merrill supports his request by quoting similar policies from schools for blind persons in other states.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. The Tenth Annual Report of the Trustees and Superintendent of the Mississippi State Lunatic Asylum by Superintendent Robert Kells.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Robert Kells, superintendent of the Mississippi Lunatic Asylum, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning furloughs from the state militia for asylum workers.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Robert Kells, superintendent of the Mississippi State Lunatic Asylum, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, concerning the arrest of asylum employees.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Annual report from H. Hobbs to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark on the operations of the Mississippi Lunatic Asylum. Also included is a letter dated October 6, 1864, from Dr. Robert Kells, superintendent of the asylum, explaining supplies needed by the asylum and asylum employees whom he requests to be exempt from conscription.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Mississippi Attorney General T. J. Wharton at Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, giving an opinion regarding trustees at state charitable institutions.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Mississippi Attorney General T. J. Wharton at Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, giving an opinion regarding trustees at state charitable institutions.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Petition from D. N. Barrows, W. W. Langley, William H. Allen, and L. Julienne, trustees of the Mississippi State Lunatic Asylum in Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, requesting permission to trade cotton at Vicksburg, Mississippi, to obtain clothes and other supplies for the institution's patients.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Robert Kells, superintendent of the Mississippi State Lunatic Asylum, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark, seeking permission to trade cotton to the United States for supplies needed by his patients.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Letter from Mississippi Attorney General T. J. Wharton at Jackson, Mississippi, to Mississippi Governor Charles Clark. Wharton is relaying and seconding a message from Superintendent Robert Kells at the Mississippi Lunatic Asylum, asking for Clark's help in attaining special privileges to trade cotton through United States Army lines to supply asylum patients with needed clothing, shoes, and other articles.

From the Mississippi Department of Archives and History Governor Clark Collection. Copy of a letter from Brigadier General Stephen Dill Lee to Robert Kells, superintendent of the Mississippi State Lunatic Asylum at Jackson, Mississippi, concerning a plan to purchase cotton for the use of the institution. Lee's letter includes a telegraphed message from Confederate General Leonidas Polk at Meridian, Mississippi, to Robert Kells, guaranteeing protection for the cotton.